πτύσσω

ptysso

fold, double up

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 4
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1439
Book 6 2
Chapter ?

6111
6252
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19256
Iliad 1
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Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13134

Dictionary (LSJ)

πτύσσω (never πτύττω), (ἀνα-) S. Fr. 301:fut.πτύξω (ἀνα-) E. HF 1256: aor. ἔπτυξα (v. infr.):—Med., Od. 2.77 (ποτι-), etc.: fut. πτύξομαι (προσ-) 3.22: aor. ἐπτυξάμην Ar. Nu. 267:—Pass., Il. 13.134, etc.: aor. ἐπτύχθην (ἀν-, δι-) X. Cyr. 7.5.5, S. Ant. 709: aor. 2 ἐπτύγην [ῠ], (ἀν-) Hp. Int. 48: pf. ἔπτυγμαι App. BC 4.72, etc., (ἀν-) E. El. 357; πέπτυκται Arist. HA 536a11: plpf. ἔπτυκτο (προσ-) Pi. I. 2.39:—A. fold, double up, χιτῶνα, εἵματα πτύξαι, fold up garments and put them by, Od. 1.439, 6.111,252; σπλῆνα Hp. Fract. 8; χεῖρας πτύξαι ἐπί τινι fold oneʼs arms over or round another, S. OC 1611; βιβλίον fold, close a book, Ev.Luc. 4.20. II. Pass., of the foetus, Hp. Mul. 1.69; of bandages, Gal. 18(1).826; γραμματεῖα ἐπτυγμένα Hdn. 1.17.1; πύργοι ἐπτ. App. l.c.; ἔγχεα δὲ πτύσσοντο perh. were interlaced, Il. l.c. 2. fold or cling round, χιτὼν . . ἀμφὶ μηρὸν πτύσσεται S. Fr. 872.3 (lyr.). III. Med., fold round oneself, wrap round one, τι Ar. Nu. 267.

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